SOUTH AFRICA 2010.

What do you know about South Africa?
What´s the first idea that comes to your mind?
Here you´ve got a beautiful video about South Africa marvellous sceneries. Come on have a look!!





















WHO IS NELSON MANDELA? WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?
WHY WAS HE AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE?
LISTEN TO HIM IN THIS VIDEO ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP.



THE OFFICIAL WOLD CUP THEME SONG IS MADE BY K´NAAN.
FIND INFORMATION ABOUT HIM. WHERE IS HE FROM? WHERE DOES HE LIVE NOW? HOW DID HE MANAGE TO RECORD HIS FIRST ALBUM? SEARCH ON THE NET AND FIND IT OUT!!

NOW LISTEN TO THE SONG.




WAVING FLAG
When I get _________, I will be _________
They’ll call me _________, just like a Waving Flag
When I get______, I will be ________
They’ll call me ________, just like a Waving Flag
And then it _____ _______, and then it ____ _____
And then it goes back
Born to a ______, stronger than Rome
But Violent prone, poor people zone
But it’s my home, all I have _______
Where I got grown, streets we would roam
But out of the ________, I came the farthest
Among the hardest _______
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak
Except no _______, surrender retreat
So we ________, fighting to eat and
We _________ when we’ll be free
So we _________ wait, for that _______ day
It’s not far away, so for now we say
When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back

So many ______ , settling scores
Bringing us ________, leaving us ______
I heard them say, ______ is the way
______ is the answer, that’s what they say,
But look how they _____ us, make us __________
We fight their _______, then they deceive us
Try to _______ us, they couldn’t hold us
Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers
But we __________, fighting to eat
And we _________, when we’ll be free
So we _______ wait, for that ______ day
It’s not far away, but for now we say
When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back
When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And everybody will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And you and I will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And we all will be singing it
(Ohhh Ohh Ohh Ohh)
When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back
When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag
And then it goes back, and then it goes back
And then it goes back
When I get older, when I get older
I will be stronger, just like a Waving Flag
Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag
Flag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag.

BUT THINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN EASY. PROBLEMS LIKE APARTHEID, POVERTY or AIDS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PRESENT.

NELSON MANDELA IS THE MAN WHO REPRESENTS STRUGGLE, SACRIFICE. HE HAS DONE A LOT FOR HIS PEOPLE AND HIS COUNTRY. He is one of the most important reformors and revolutionarists in South AFrica.
LISTEN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS MAN.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
1. Why did the UN create a special Mandela´s day? when is it?
2, What are Mandela´s contributions to his country and his people?
3. How many years was he in prison?
4. Why was he released?
5. when was he freed?
6. Mandela was the first _______________. He was in power for __________. He retired in ______.
7. What´s his most important award?
8. What has he done after his retirement?
CLICK AND LISTENhttp://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0911/091112-nelson_mandela.mp3

DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. 21 MARCH
March 21 is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It commemorates a tragedy that happened in the town of Sharpeville in South Africa on this day in 1960. Police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid laws. The massacre shocked the world. For many years this day was known as Sharpeville Day in South Africa. In 1966, the UN General Assembly created this special day, calling on all countries to redouble their efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination, once and for all. Every March 21st, the offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva and New York conduct activities to highlight the evil of racism and our duty to combat it.
This day perhaps played a role in the ending of apartheid in South Africa. Today the country is a multi-racial society where the government is promoting equality at all levels. The ending of apartheid and the discrimination that went with it opened up South Africa to greater economic development. UN General-Secretary Ban Ki-moon spoke of how racism affects human rights and becomes an obstacle to a nation’s development: "Racist practices hurt their victims, but they also limit the promise of entire societies where they are tolerated. They prevent individuals from realizing their potential and stop them from contributing fully to national progress." Racism is still a damaging force in today’s world.
Try and make a difference on March 21.

HAVE YOU SEEN THE FILM INVICTUS?
In this film the director tells us about Nelson Mandela´s life  after the fall of apartheid in South Africa during his first term as president when campaigned to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup event as an opportunity to unite his countrymen.

Answer these questions:
1.Before watching. Who are the actors? what role do they perform?
2. Mandela says he was invited to__________________ and there he was received with a ___________
3. What was his reaction when he listened to that?
4. What type of song was that?
5.Is Invictus a real story?
6. What does Mandela do with the national team?